Pres­id­ent Obama can add an­oth­er job title to his re­sume: Sam­sung shill.

It turns out that the “spon­tan­eous” selfie that the pres­id­ent took with Red Sox play­er Dav­id Ort­iz at the White House on Tues­day was ac­tu­ally an or­ches­trated so­cial-me­dia move by the base­ball star.

After Ort­iz tweeted the pic­ture of him and the pres­id­ent on the South Lawn, it got a so­cial-me­dia boost from Sam­sung on Twit­ter. Ort­iz, as a newly signed so­cial-me­dia in­sider for the tech com­pany, used one of their devices for the shot. Then Sam­sung’s so­cial-me­dia team went to work tweet­ing out the photo and con­firm­ing it was taken with a Sam­sung Galaxy Note 3.

“When we heard about the vis­it to the White House, we worked with Dav­id and the team on how to share im­ages with fans,” Sam­sung said in a state­ment to TheBo­ston Globe. “We didn’t know if or what he would be able to cap­ture us­ing his Note 3 device.”

This mir­rors the Sam­sung-or­ches­trated selfie, and now most tweeted photo ever, that El­len De­Generes took at the Oscars last month.

Un­less he was ex­pli­citly told, he really couldn’t have. This will, however, make the White House press team and the pres­id­ent think twice be­fore Obama takes an­oth­er selfie with ath­letes or oth­er celebrit­ies.

And it’s too bad, really. The pres­id­ent tak­ing a selfie was an easy so­cial-me­dia win for him. It makes Obama look down-to-earth and hu­man.

The polit­ic­al selfie is no longer just a rare bit of in­no­cent Wash­ing­ton lev­ity. Now, with the help of Sam­sung, it’s just an­oth­er con­duit for cor­por­ate mes­saging.

"Chuck Rosenberg, the acting head of the Drug Enforcement Agency who has found himself and his agency at odds with the Trump administration in recent months, told staff members Tuesday that he is planning to step down from his post." The Obama administration holdover will step down on October 1.

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HAD BEGUN TO PUBLICLY CRITICIZE TRUMP

Sen. Corker to Retire

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Another Republican member of Congress is showing himself out the door. After much thought, consideration and family discussion over the past year, Elizabeth and I have decided that I will leave the United States Senate when my term expires at the end of 2018,” said Sen. Bob Corker in a statement. The Tennessean has served since 2006.

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NOT ILLEGAL, BUT MUST BE FORWARDED TO WORK ACCOUNTS

At Least 6 WH Advisors Used Private Email Accounts

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Jared Kushner, Stephen Bannon, Reince Priebus, Gary Cohn, Stephen Miller, and Ivanka Trump sent or received some emails on personal accounts that related to White House business. "Officials are supposed to use government emails for their official duties so their conversations are available to the public and those conducting oversight. But it is not illegal for White House officials to use private email accounts as long as they forward work-related messages to their work accounts so they can be preserved."

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SAYS CONTACTS WERE “BENIGN”

Stone Releases Correspondence with Guccifer 2.0

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"Roger Stone, a longtime friend and adviser to Donald Trump, released correspondence Tuesday" with the online hacker known as Guccifer 2.0 , which "U.S. intelligence agencies said was used by Russian government-linked entities to distribute embarrassing information about Democrats during the 2016 election. The disclosures came in a 47-page opening statement made available to reporters in advance of Mr. Stone’s Tuesday appearance in front of the House Intelligence Committee." Stone called his contacts with Guccifer "limited" and "benign."

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PRIEBUS, SPICER, HICKS, MCGAHAN

Mueller Could Start Interviewing White House Figures This Week

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"Special counsel investigators could start interviewing current and former White House staff as soon as later this week regarding the Russian probe, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. One source cautioned it is still being worked out with Robert Mueller's office and said it might be delayed until next week." Among those who could have a sit-down with the special prosecutor: former chief of staff Reince Priebus, former press secretary Sean Spicer, communications director Hope Hicks, White House counsel Don McGahn, communications adviser Josh Raffel and associate counsel James Burnham.